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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1927.

PROBLEM OF A VIKING | DEATH OF SIR GANGA

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Hankow, Aug. 13.

RAM.

INDIAN ENGINEER AND AGRICULTURIST,

culture in India has suffered

The Royal Commission on Agri-

A

in

Oslo: On a small pine-clad is Mr. F. B. Riley, special corres- land in Anagermanland, a highly pondent of the London Times interesting discovery of the Viking vere loss in the midst of its whose mysterious disappearance age

labours by the death at Golders has recently been made. from the vicinity of Chengchow, There are a good many burial Green of its senior Indian mem- llonan about three weeks ago has places on the island from that re- C.L.E. M.V.O.. at the age of 76, bar, Sir Ganga Rama, Hai Bahadur, aroused considerable excitement mote period, but so far only a few and interest, is reported to be still of them have been exenvated.says the Times. missing.

The deal bodies are laid in square; A telegraphic report was receiv-coffins made out of rough pine- other members of the Commission Arriving in this country with ed by the Foreign Office here yes wood, and in one case terday from General Feng Yu-boat has been used as a coffin.

a small in the latter part of April, he took hsiang saying that the Chinese the grave have been found axes, also showed unabated energy

In his full simre of the work and authorities in Honan could find no spears, ornaments for women's responding to other calls and see- Since the disappearance of Mr. dress, and also some silver coinsng for himself things in which h Riley from Chengchow where he of Otto III. (983-1002) and Dake 1861. this worthy Indian received from Coligne bearing the names was interested. Bern. in May, went from Hankow ja an attempt Herman of Saxony, who died in his training at the Thomason En- to obtain an interview with Gen-

1086. eral Feng Yu-hsiang, Mr. Hurold

ineering College, Korkee, and at Porter, the British Consul-General the things found is, however, Works Department.

The most remarkable among the age of 22 entered the Public at lankow, has been in constant

Ten years communication with the authori-

tinder-box placed in a purse of later he was gazettel assistant lizard's skin. The skin has been ungincer, in which capacity he ties about the missing newspaper

made the object of The wires are correspondent.

minute in-saw servico in the Buildings and hot over the matter and the Bri-vestigation by prominent zoolo-Roads Brunch in the Punjab, Bom- tish authorities have been making gists, who have come to the con-hag, and Central India. In 1809

clusion that it is the skin of an he was made an every effort to locate him.

executive en- exotic lizard, the Varanus Bengar vineer, and served as such first in lensis, which lives in India and Central India and then in the Baluchistan. This lizard reach the length of several feet,perintendent of the many works

can Central Provinces, He was and the skin is even to this day required for the Caronation Dur

used for women's bar held by Lord Curzon at Delhi

Rewards Offered.

or

turn

su-

made C.I.E. His professional re- pulation was by this time well

Consul-General Porter is communication with the Secretary of the Lung Hai Railway, who is conducting an Independent search very much for Mr. Riley in addition to the bags. It is, of course impossible at the beginning of 1903, and was to say whether the purse way effort made by the Chinese au-taken to Sweden as a pure, thorities. Upon Mr. Porter's au- thority, attractive rewards have whether the skin was brought to established. He wrote a useful been offered for either Mr. Riley's the Vikings, who in their reappearance or any information made purses out of it. The one concerning his whereabouts.

thing clear is that the skin in one Mr. Porter is sending up a speway or another had been brought from Inha. and cial investigator to Hohan to go the long way ats the matter thoroughly and to that even then a sort of trading conduct a careful search in the existed between Scandinavia and nearby towns for the missing the East.

man.

British consular authorities here"

Anxiety Increasing.

"Pocket Book of Engineering": and he was the patentee both of slide rule and of bricks for wells,

He retired in 1909, but meanwhile

his services had been lent to the Patiala State us Superintendent Engineer. Here he remained until 1911, and was responsible for the construction of some of e fine new buildings of the pre- Delhi

feel that the Chinese officials at↑ Professor Wallace, the Federal Chengehow have been rather lax film censor, states that he intendent egime. When the in handling the matter, otherwise to see that the provisions of the Durbar of 1911 was held by their Majesties, he was consulted on questions. they would have had some definite new Victorian Film Act requiring various engineering word of Mr. Riley long ago.

all picture theatres to exhibit at least 2.000 ft. of British im atland was made M.V.O.. each show are drastically en- There still lay before the Ini!

Was knighted in The British, officials are also forced. Scouts will be sent to all Bahadur the

of great under the conviction that a white picture theatres. Professor Wal-1922) n long career

the country. man most certainly cannot vanish ace declares that there is ample economic service to from the face of the earth and Australian film available to enable He acquired large landed estates that it is not possible for him to exhibitors to comply with the in the irrigation colonies, chiefly have gone astray without the China. ese village population knowing it.. The total disappearance of Mr.

in the Lyallpur and Montgomery districts, and bepame a pioneer in the application of scientific ma-

Riley is a mystery and anxiety and although the Consular party thods and apparatus to agricul- over him is increasing daily, did not leave Chengchow until ture in the Punjab. His appoint- The last seer of Mr. Riley was noon on Sunday the 24th, hement rather more than a year ago at Chengshow on the early morn bad not returned nor did inquiries to the Royal Commissions on in- ing of the July 23rd. Previous to elicit his "whereabouts."

dian Agriculture was universally this he had applied for permission to

Since then constant efforts have regarded as appropriate. travel back to Hankow in the re- been made to locate him. Mr. It is served car of the Consular party Riley was from Australia. which was due to leave for Han almost impossible, for him to be Mr. Stewart, the New Zealand kow on that date. "

lost, the country round about Minister of Finance, speaking in Chengehow being very open and the House of Representatives, said quite well populated.

that the Goverament during the A disturbing feature, however, is past four years had lent £24,000,- that he did not take his luggags 000 to actilera and for housing. with him, and had he contemplated The Government had helped to a journey of any distance he would purchase, or redeem mortgages on, certainly, have seen to this, The 60 houses, and in the q'ection bulk of his luggage still remains of 0.149, with joan aggregating in Chengchow,

£12,500,000.

This request had been granted, and he was informed that the party would leave Chengchow at noon on Saturday, July 23.

At four a.m. of that day Mr. Riley was reported to have left Chengehow for the purpose of visiting what he described as Christian village in the vicinity,

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